Too many killer skis?

[Horton]

I just did a count of the legitimate high end, short line skis that I know of for 2011. There are roughly 16! That only includes skis made in the USA. I cannot begin to keep track of what is going on in France, Austria and Germany.  No wonder a lot of us can not figure out what to ski on.

[lkb]

that's a good problem to have!

[MattP]

Harold Hintringers brothers skis - MC Skis I believe. Jobe is still around im sure they produce a "high end ski" but I do not know how it compares to the other production high end skis.

[Horton]

Razor not same as Fisher?

[MattP]

Horton I thought you kept up with skiing news. :) Fisher is no more. Razor bought the line.

[Horton]

Yea so is one ski....

[Old MS Accout]

In the end there can be only 1.

Highlander

[OSSKI]

I ski in England and can tell you I have never seen people skiing on those European skis you mentioned (although I have heard of them all), apart from the UK dealer for reflex, who obviously skis on a reflex ski. They may be more popular in mainland Europe, I don't know. Most in England are on the American skis, HO, Radar, Obrien, Goode, D3. Not many on Connelly.

As for Jobe, they do exist and make a 'high end ski', however it isn't very highly thought of, and I haven't seen anyone skiing on it (I think it's called the Encore), although there are plenty of skiers starting out in the course using Jobes beginner and intermediate skis.

 BTW - the stronger $ / weaker £ has been seriously painful for skiers over here! A few years ago all the American companies high end skis were around £600-700, now most are £1000+!

Having a lot of top end skis is no bad thing though, just means every skier is more likely to be able to find a ski best suited to their style. 

[ScarletArrow]

MS - you're really dating yourself with that line

[Drago]

Ski on it or ski against it!

[Old MS Accout]

Scarlet

Awesome movie.

[A_B]

 

 Do they make a ski for ZO?

 

JUST FREAKING KIDDING!

[DanE]

Yes, they do........http://www.reflexworld.com/carbon-slalom_x10.shtml     http://www.ballofspray.com/vanillaforum/js/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-cool.gif

[ski6jones]

Now I'm positive I've seen everything!

[Than_Bogan]

"In the end there can be only 1."  If only they had listened to their own advice and never made Highlander II...

[Horton]

There was really only 1

Like the Matrix or CaddyShack or Jaws or Debbie Does Dallas, someone made other movies but there was only one good one.

[Than_Bogan]

"There was really only 1"  I wish I could believe you.  If I had a Flashie Thing from Men In Black, my first priority would be to erase Highlander II.

[Horton]

MIB II was not bad

[Old MS Accout]

Ghostbusters 2 was pretty good.

A fist full of dollars and a few dollars more were pretty good.

Die Hard 2 was good

 

[Chef23]

Caddyshack 2 was maybe the worst movie ever made though.

[Thomas Wayne]

"Caddyshack 2 was maybe the worst movie ever made though."

Superseded for that honor by Napoleon Dynamite - and that wasn't even a sequel.

TW

[Horton]

TW- your commets about Napoleon Dynamite could get you a life time ban.

[Dirt]

I'm pretty good with a bo staff

[skidawg]

Napoleon dynamite is genius funny

[kona]

Speaking of only one good one. I think its just the first one of a new concept. Who can forget "Animal House" and all the movies it spawned after it.

[rawly]

After seeing this thread morph from top end slalom skis into bad movie re-makes,I'm thinking that it might be fun to listen to you guys B.S.ing after you start drinking...So don't forget the video when Horton comes out for the Cottonwood fall classic.Getting back on subject,I still have my 1985 Connelly HP(my first top end ski)looks like they tried a re-make on that one with their recent graphics.

[ski6jones]

Rawly,

Nice segue back to skis/skiing.

[skidawg]

Since u brought up connelly hp, one of the mens III skiers at the scr championships last weekend skied on a connelly rocket! Same ski he rode in college

[Chef23]

I have a 1985 vintage Connelly HP in my shed in excellent shape. I can't imagine trying to ski on it though.